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2021 Russian Regional Elections
The 2021 Russian regional elections took place in Russia on Sunday, 19 September 2021 with possibility of voting on 17 and 18 September provided by the electoral authorities. There will be the legislative election for the 8th State Duma, ten gubernatorial elections, 39 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal and local level. State Duma All 450 seats of the State Duma were up for reelection on September 19. Gubernatorial elections Khabarovsk Krai Ulyanovsk Oblast Tula Oblast Chechnya Tver Oblast Tuva Regional legislative elections Local self-government elections in regional capitals Grozny, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Khanty-Mansiysk, Nalchik, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Saransk, Saratov, Stavropol, Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Russian Regional Elections
The 2020 Russian regional elections took place across three days from 11 to 13 September 2020 in 28 out of the 85 federal subjects of Russia. Elected were 18 directly-elected governors, 2 indirectly-elected governors and 11 regional parliaments. The elections also coincided with local elections in many cities. A total of 156,000 candidates stood for 78,000 positions at regional, local and municipal levels. The vote was extended over three days in a move the government said was to avoid over-crowding and reduce the risk from COVID-19. Candidates for the ruling United Russia party and their allies won all 20 governorships with more than 50% of the vote, meaning they would not need to hold a second round run-off. However, the party lost their majority in the regional parliaments of Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Tambov. The elections were seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2021 State Duma elections. Campaign The election was led by incumbent candidates from the governing United Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Party Of Pensioners For Social Justice
The Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice (RPPSJ; russian: Российская партия пенсионеров за социальную справедливость, РППСС, Rossiyskaya partiya pensionerov za sotsialnuyu spravedlivost, RPPSS), commonly shortened to the Party of Pensioners (russian: Партия пенсионеров, Partiya pensionerov, links=no) is a registered political party in Russia. The party was founded as the Party of Pensioners (Общественно-Политичеcкая организация) in 1997. On November 29, 1997 Sergei Atroshenko was elected as the first chairman. On May 29, 1998 the party was registered with the Ministry of Justice. In the December 1999 State Duma elections the party won 1.95% of the vote. History On December 1, 2001 the party was given its present name. On May 15, 2002 RPP was registered with the Ministry of Justice. At the legislative elections, 7 December 2003, the alliance of the Russian Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Khovalyg
Vladislav Tovarishchtayovich Khovalyg (russian: Владислав Товарищтайович Ховалыг; tyv, Владислав Товарищтай оглу Ховалыг; born on 24 December 1967) is a Russian politician of Tuvan origin, who is currently the 3rd Head of the Republic of Tuva since 7 April 2021. He is a member of the United Russia party. He served as the Mayor of Kyzyl from 30 July 2008 to 1 November 2018. He also served as the Minister of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Tuva from 2007 to 2008. Biography Vladislav Khovalyg was born in the village of Teeli, on 24 December 1967. From 1986 to 1988 he served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. In 1992, he graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University with a degree in jurisprudence, and in 2006 - from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of Russia with a degree in Crisis Management. After graduating from the university, he began to work in gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Rudenya
Igor Mikhaylovich Rudenya (russian: Игорь Михайлович Руденя; born on 15 February 1968), is a Russian statesman who is currently the 5th governor of Tver Oblast since 23 September 2016. He was the acting Governor on 2 March until 23 September 2016. He was the acting State Councilor of Russia, 1st class in 2007. He was the State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russia from 2005 to 2007, and the Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Complex of the Government of the Russian Federation from 2008 to 2012. He is the Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in 2012. Rudneya is a member of the General Council of the United Russia party Biography Igor Rudenya was born in Moscow on 15 February 1968. From 1986 to 1988, he served in the Soviet Army. After demobilization, he worked in the internal affairs bodies. From 1989 to 1991, he served in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. Between 1992 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Russia
United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , having constituted the majority in the chamber since 2007. The party was formed in December 2001 through a merger of Unity (Russian political party), Unity, Fatherland – All Russia and the Agrarian Party of Russia. United Russia supports the policies of incumbent president Vladimir Putin, who previously served as party leader during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev; despite not currently being the official leader or a member of the party, Putin operates as its ''de facto'' leader. The party peaked in the 2007 Russian legislative election with 64.3% of the vote, while in recent years it has seen its popularity decline. The party's ideology has been inconsistent but embraces specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramzan Kadyrov
Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the Chechen Independence movement, through his father who was the separatist appointed mufti of Chechnya. He is a colonel general in the Russian military. Kadyrov is the son of former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, who switched sides in the Second Chechen War by offering his service to Vladimir Putin's administration in Russia and became Chechen president in 2003. Akhmad Kadyrov was assassinated in May 2004. In February 2007, Ramzan Kadyrov replaced Alu Alkhanov as president, shortly after he had turned 30, which is the minimum age for the post. He was engaged in violent power struggles with Chechen commanders Sulim Yamadayev (d. 2009) and Said-Magomed Kakiyev for overall military authority, and with Alkhanov for political authority. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communists Of Russia
The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russia (CR; russian: Коммунисты России; КР; ''Kommunisty Rossii'', ''KR'') is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Russia. Communists of Russia was founded in May 2009 as a public non-commercial organisation, and officially registered as a political party in April 2012. The party has regional organisations in 69 regions and operates in 70 regions of Russia and has official affiliation with two inter-regional public associations: the Communists of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region and the Communists of the Far East. The party's main rival on the left of Russia's political spectrum is the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), which sees itself as the successor to the Communist Party of the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. As a vanguard party, the communist party guides the political education and development of the working class (proletariat). As a ruling party, the communist party exercises power through the dictatorship of the proletariat. Vladimir Lenin developed the idea of the communist party as the revolutionary vanguard, when the socialist movement in Imperial Russia was divided into ideologically opposed factions, the Bolshevik faction ("of the majority") and the Menshevik faction ("of the minority"). To be politically effective, Lenin proposed a small vanguard party managed with democratic centralism which allowed centralized command of a disciplined cadre of professional revolutionaries. Once a policy was agreed upon, realizing political goals req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Isakov (politician)
Vladimir Isakov (russian: Владимир Павлович Исаков; born 25 February 1987, Tula, Russia) is a Russian political figure and a member of the 8th State Duma. In 2007, he joined the Russian Communist Youth League and in 2008, he became a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In 2009, he worked on various projects related to youth politics of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. From 2012 to 2014, he served as deputy of the Assembly of deputies Kurkino. On September 14, 2014, he was elected deputy of the Tula City Duma of the 5th convocation. In 2019, he was re-elected for the Tula City Duma of the 6th convocation. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma. Sanctions Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Dyumin
Alexei Gennadyevich Dyumin (russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Дюмин; born 28 August 1972) is a Russian politician, serving as Governor of Tula Oblast since 2016. Previously he served as President Vladimir Putin's chief security guard and assistant before being promoted to lead the Russian military's Special Operations Forces, where he oversaw the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The following year, he became Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. He holds the rank of lieutenant general and is a recipient of the Hero of the Russian Federation title. Life and career Alexei Dyumin was born August 28, 1972, in Kursk. His father, Gennady Vasilyevich Dyumin, is a military medic and general, who heads the 4th Department of the Main Military Medical Department of the Ministry of Defence. As a child, Dyumin's family lived in both Kaluga and Voronezh as a result of his father's military transferrals. His mother worked as a teacher. His younger brother, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New People (political Party)
New People (russian: Новые люди, Novyye lyudi) is a political party in Russia formed in Moscow on 1 March 2020. New People is considered a liberal party, and observers have called it centrist or centre-right. It was established in March 2020 by Alexey Nechayev, the founder of the Russian cosmetics company Faberlic. Nechayev was elected as party chairman during the second party congress, held on August 8, 2020. Alexander Davankov is the head of the party executive committee. In 2020, the party entered four regional parliaments on party lists, earning the right to participate in the 2021 elections to the State Duma without collecting voters' signatures. The party opposed many policies of the ruling United Russia, although is supportive towards Vladimir Putin specifically and has been accused of being a spoiler party to attract young and liberal voters. History In January 2020, Alexey Nechayev announced the party's creation to the media. On 1 March 2020, the constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"
) , colours = Green Teal , website partygreen.ru The Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" (REP "The Greens"; russian: Российская экологическая партия «Зелёные», Rossiyskaya ekologicheskaya partiya «Zelonyye») is a green political party in the Russian Federation. It was founded in 1992 as the Constructive-Ecological Movement of Russia "Kedr" (KEDR; russian: Конструктивно-экологическое движение России «Кедр», Konstruktivno-ekologicheskoye dvizheniye Rossii «Kedr»). In 2002 the party was transformed into the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens". The party endorsed Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election. History In the 2007 Russian regional elections "The Greens" gained 7.58% of the votes in the Samara Oblast, gaining deputies in the Samara Regional Duma. Before the 2007 parliamentary elections, the Russian Central Electoral Commission decided that the Russian Ecologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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